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Private Frederick Horace TAYLOR, 9377, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Enlisted 4th August 1915, London, age 19, height 5ft 8 inches, resided 4 Emerson Place, Park Street, Southwark / 28 Rockmount Road, Upper Norwood / 28 Thesiga Road, Penge, SE20 / 77 New Cross Road, New Cross Gate, SE14. Formerly packer.

Son of Daniel William Taylor,  4 Emerson Place, Park Street, Southwark.

Husband of Elizabeth Jane Taylor, (nee Coleman, spinster), married 19th March 1919, Register Office, Southwark.

Home, 4th August 1915 to 7th June 1916; BEF, 8th June 1916 to 8th July 1916; Home, 9th July 1916 to 22nd July 1918; BEF, 23rd July 1918 to 22nd September 1918; Home, 23rd September 1918 to 1st May 1919.

4th August 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th August 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th November 1915, Fort Darland, absent from 7.00am Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 25th November 1915, Fort Darland, deprived of 8 days pay, forfeits 12 days pay, by Commanding Officer for absence; 9th January 1916 to 16th January 1916, Fort Darland, absent; 17th January 1916, awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2. by Commanding Officer for absence; 16th February 1916, Fort Darland, deprived 9 days pay by Commanding Officer, for absence; 15th March 1916, Fort Darland, awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2. by Commanding Officer for absence; 19th May 1916, Fort Darland, awarded 21 days Field Punishment No.2., by Commanding Officer, forfeits 13 days pay for absence; 8th June 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, right foot; 9th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, Sussex; 16th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th May 1917, deserted; 6th May 1918, rejoined from desertion; 7th May 1918 to 14th May 1918, in confinement awaiting Trial; 15th May 1918, tried & found guilty of whilst on Active Service deserting HM Service, to undergo detention for one year, 6 months remitted on confirmation, all former service forfeited, service now reckons from 15th May 1918; 14th June 1918, to detention Barracks, Worthing; 19th July 1918,released from Detention; 27th July 1918, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1918, In the Field, absent 9.30am Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 21st September 1918, wounded, gun shot wound, right shoulder; 23rd September 1918, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1919 to 24th March 1919, Newport, absenting himself from Hospital without permission, deprived 7 days pay, forfeits 10 days pay.  

1st May 1919, discharged  as ""no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds Silver War Badge issued.

Pension, 16/6 a week for 26 weeks, then 13/9 for 26 weeks, conditional.


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